Device for replacing derailed cars.



A. P. BRODERIGK.

DEVICE FOR REPLACING DERAILED CARS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1913.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

A. 1-. BRODERIOK.

DEVICE FOR REPLACING DERAILED CARS.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 11, 1913.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0,. WASHINGTON. n cy U l E ARTHUR F. BRODERICK, OFJERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

DEVI-CE FOR REPLACING DERAILED CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16,1913.

Application filed. January 11, 1913. Serial No. 741,369.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR F. BRODER IOK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for Replacing Derailed Cars, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to devices for replacing a car which has beenderailed.

One object of this invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is simple in construction and which is not too heavy, so that itmay be readily carried from place to place by the workmen.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is notreadily shoved out of proper position while the car is being guided tothe track.

Still further objects and advantages will more fully appear from thedetailed description and the novel features of construction will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improveddevice. Fig. 2 is a section taken along line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asection taken along line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmental detailview illustrating in perspective the part which engages the tie and thelower portion of the rail. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional viewillustrating a pair of replacers as used for re-railing a pair of carwheels.

The device consists essentially of a guiding plate placed over the rail,having an inclined surface on which the wheels of the car are raisedfrom the road bed to the rail. In my improved construction illustrated,the inclined guide plate 1 has a lower portion 2 contacting the road bedat one side of the rail and an upper horizontal portion 3 which extendsover the rail. The side edge of the guide plate farthest from the railflares outwardly as it approaches the road bed and has an upwardlyextending flange 4 along the entire length of this edge. The oppositelateral edge has a substantially horizontal guide flange 5 which curvesover across the rail and terminates in a portion 5 parallel to the railand spaced a suflicient distance therefrom to permit the passage of theflange of the wheel between this guide flange and the tread of the rail.As the truck is pulled up on the inclined guide plate, the wheel whichis between the tracks will be guided by the guide flange 4: while theopposite wheel of the same axle will travel up the other guide plateplaced over the other rail until its flange strikes the guide flange 5.Referring to Fig. 5, the wheel is illustrated as rising upon the guideplate G from a point on the road bed. between the rails and the wheel Wis rising upon the guide plate G from pointoutside of the rails. Theflange F of the wheel is guided by the guide flange 4. of the guideplate G while the flange F of the wheel W is guided by the guide flange5 of the guide plate G.

It will be noted that by the gradual curving of the guide flange 5across the track and its terminating in the parallel portion 5, thewheel corresponding to the wheel V shown in Fig. 5, will gradually beswung around until it is in position for properly contacting the railwhen it travels off from the guide plate. While the wheel W is being soswung around, it will also by reason of its rigid connection with thewheel W, guide the latter wheel around into proper position to engagethe rail when the latter wheel leaves the guide plate. Thus, it will beclear that during the initial movement of the wheels on the guideplates, the flange 4 serves to guide the wheels, and, in the flnalmovement, the flange 5 serves to right the wheels and turn them intoproper alinement with the rail. The flange l serves to limit themovement of the wheel in case the flange 5 gives the latter a greaterturn than is required for the proper righting effect.

I will now describe the means whereby the plates are firmly held inposition and prevented from being tilted or dragged by the wheels as thelatter ride up these plates.

The portion of the plate contacting the road bed is turned down to forma shoulder 6 which engages a tie and projecting laterally from thisturned over portion 2 is a tongue 7 which passes under the rail and oneside of which forms a continuation of the shoulder 6 contacting the tie.Extending downward from the horizontal portion 3 of the guide plate area pair of flanges or ribs 8 and 9 embracing the tread of the rail andheld firmly thereby. As the car wheel rides up the guide plate, thelatter is prevented from being dragged forward by reason of theengagement of the overturned portion '2 and the tongue 7 with one of theties, and is also kept from tilting by reason of the engagement of thetongue 7 under the rail and the engagement of the flanges or ribs 8 and9 with the rail tread.

The guide flange 4 not only serves to guide the wheel and to maintain itin proper position upon the guide plate, but also serves as areinforcing brace for the plate and thus strengthens the latter so thatthe thickness of the material may be decreased, rendering the wholedevice lighter without sacriflcing any of its rigidity.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a light, simple and eliicientdevice with which a derailed car may be quickly guided onto the rails.The device is firmly held in position and is not displaced by the actionof the car wheels either laterally or longitudinally of the rail. Theentire device is light enough so that it may be readily carried by aworkman from place to place, and thus its use is greatly facilitated.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new:

1. In a device of the character described, an inclined plate, the loweredge thereof being adapted to rest on the road bed and having a shoulderadapted to abut a tie and formed with a tongue adapted to project undera rail, and the upper portion thereof terminating in a horizontalextension overlying the rail tread, the inclined edge of the platefarthest from the rail having an upstanding flange formed thereon, acurved flange upstanding'from said horizontal extension and passing overto the farthest side of the rail tread and terminating in a portionparallel to the rail tread and spaced therefroma distance at least equalto the Width of a car wheel flange.

2. In a device of the character described, an inclined plate, the loweredge thereof being adapted to rest on the road bed and having a shoulderadapted to abut a tie and formed with a tongue adapted to project undera rail, and thenpper portion thereof terminating in a horizontalextension overlying the rail tread, the inclined edge of the platefarthest from the rail having an upstanding flange formed thereon, acurved flange upstanding from said horizontal extension and passing overto the farthest side of the rail tread and terminating in a portionparallel to the rail tread and spaced therefrom a distance at leastequal to the width of a car wheel flange, said overlying portion havingflanges projecting from the bottom thereof embracing the rail tread.

3. In a device of the character described, an inclined plate, the loweredge of which is adapted to rest upon the road bed and provided with ashoulder adapted to contact a tie and a tongue adapted to extend under arail, the edge of the inclined plate farthest from the rail extendingobliquely with reference thereto and having an upstanding flange formedthereon, said inclined plate terminating at its upper end in ahorizontal portion overlying the rail, said horizontal port-ion having acurved flange upstanding therefrom and extending across the rail andfinally terminating in a flange parallel to the rail and spacedtherefrom, said flange on the oblique edge of the plate also terminatingin a portion parallel to the rail and spaced therefrom.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of NewYork, this 6th day of January, A. D. 1913.

ARTHUR F. BRODERICK.

Witnesses:

FRANK M. ASHLEY, NATHAN COHEN.

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